Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1887-07-16

nIo SUI Lne lust acne. From sh1pWrecK,
from, dungeon, from the biting pain of the
elm wood rods, from the sharp sword of
the. lcudsman, lie. goes into the most bril-
liant assembluge of heaven, q king among
kings, multitudcs of the sainthool rushing
out and stretching forth hands of well
come; for 1 do really think that as on the
right hand Of God is Christ, so on tho
right hand of Christ is Paul, the second
great in heaven.
.Hc changed kings likewise. Before the
hour IF death ond up to the Inst moment
he was undo ->cro, the thick nccked. the
cruel eyed, Tie filthy Tipped; thcsculptured
features Of that man bringing down
to US to this very day the horrible
possibilities of his nnturc-scated lis he
was amidst pictured marbles of Egypt,
under roof adorned with .motllcr Of
pearl in dining room which by mn
chincry was kept whirlinS day and night
with most bewitcliing magnilicencc;s his
. horses standing in stalls Of solid gold, and
1.-The grounds around his palace lighted at
night by It's victims, who had been daubed
with. tar md pitch and then set fire TO H.
lunine the darkness. That was Pulls
liking But The next moment he. goes into
J: the realm off Him whose rcignais love, and
ii,.whose; courts are paved with love, and
whose throne is set on pillarsof love, and
whose sccptcr is adorned with jewels Of
love- md whose palace is lighted with
love, and whose lifetime is an eternity Of
love. When Paul was leaving SO much
on this side the pillar of lnartyrdom to
gain SO much on tho other side, do you
wonder at the cheerful valedictory Of the
text; 1.-The time OF my departure is ut
hand"
Now, why cannot an the old people Of
this congregation have the same holy glee
us that aged man had? Charles /, when
he was combing his head, found gray
lair, and he sent it to the queen as o
great joke; but old agc-is really no joke
ut ALL For the last forty years you have
been tlreading that which ought to have
been nm eXlilaration. You say you most
fear the struggle at the moment the soul
and body part. But millions have en-
durcd that moment, and why not we as
we'll? They got through with it, and so
can we. Besides this, all medical men
agree in saying that there is probably no
struggle Mt i'll Mt the last momcnt-not so
much pain as the prick of o pin, the SEEM
ing signs of distress being altogether in
voluntary. But you say: 1T is the uncer-
tainty of the future.' Now, child of God,
do not play the infldel. After God has
filled the Bible till it can hold no more with
tho stories of the good things ahead, bet
ter not talk about uncertainties.
But you say, ~ cannot bear to think Of
parting from friends here" IL You are
old you have more friends in heaven than
: here. just take the census. Take some
largo sheet Of paper and begin to record
the names of those who have emigrated
to the other shore; the companions of your
school days, your early business associ-
ates, the friends of mid life and those who
more recently went away. Can it be that
they have been gone SO long you do not
care my more about them and you do not
want their society? Oh, no! There have
been days when you have felt that you
could not endure it another moment away
from their blessed c0mpanionship.. They
have gone. You say you would not like
to bring them back to this world Of
trouble, even if you had the power. 1t
would not do to trust you. God would
2 not give you resurrection power. Before
tomorrow morning you would be rat
) tlingint theigates Of the cemetery, crying
;;Sto the. deparfed Come back to the. cradle
;wheresyous alcntl Come back to theshall
swhero you used stosp1ay Gene toacl s
the table where you used to stir and thercf
would be O great burglary in heaven. No,
mol God will not trust you with rcsur-
rection power, but he compromises the
matter and says: You cannot bring them
where you are, but you can go where they
are" There are more lovely now than
ever Were they beautiful here they are
more beautiful there.
Beside that, 1t is more healthy there for
you than here, aged man; better climate
there than these hot summers and cold
winters and late springs; better hearing;
better eye sight; more tonic in the air;
more perfume in the bloom; more sweet
ness in the song. Do you not feel, aged
man, sometimes, as though you would
like to get your arm and foot free? Do
you not feel rs though you like to throw
away spectacles and canes and crutches?
Would you not like to feel the spring and
elasticity and mirth of an eternal boy.
hood? When the point at which you start
from this world is old age, and the point
to which You 60 is eternal juvenescence,
aged man, clap your hands at the antici-
patton, and say, in perfect rapture of
soul: ''The time Of my departure IS al
hand''
1 remark, again, all those ought to feel
this Joy of the text who have holy Curl
osity to know what is beyond this earthly
terminus. And who has not any curiosity
about it? Paul, l suppose, had tho most
satisfactory view of heaven, and he says:
at doth not yet appear what we shall be. "
It is like looking through broken tele-
scopc: tNow we see through glass
dnrldy." C;rn you tell me anything about
that heavenly place? You ask me
Thousand questions about it that | cannot
answer. ask you thousand questions
about it that you cannot answer. And do
you wonder that Paul was SO glad when
martyrdom gave him chance to go ovoy
and make discoveries in that blessed
country?
hope some day, by the grace of God, to
go over and SEQ for myself; but not now.
No we'll man, no prospered man, think,
wants to go now. But The time will come,
think, when shall go over. / want to
see what they do there, and wantto see
how they do it. do not want to be look
ing through the gates ajar forever. ]
MduU OllCul ~ oNiA5 ORSh- NAANAS "a
10000 things want cxplained-about you,
about myself, about The government
of this world, about God, about
everything. We start in q plain
path Of THAT we know, and in q
minute como up against. high wall OF
what we do not know. I wonder how it
looks over there. Somebody tells me it is
like paved. city-paved with gold; and
another man tells me it is like y fountain,
and it's like tree, and it is like tri-
umphal procession, and the next man
meet tells me it is all fgurative. / really
want to know, after the body is resur-
rected, what they wear and what they
eat; and have an immeasnrable curiosity
TO know what it is, and how it is, and
where it is.. Columbus risked his life to
find this continent, and shall we shudder